Type 1 diabetes in Bolivia
T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF South and Central America region · Lower-Middle-Income country
An estimated 3,404 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Bolivia in 2025. Each year about 279 people are newly diagnosed and 120 people with T1D die. A further 2,585 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
3,404
New diagnoses this year
279
Deaths this year
120
Missing people
2,585
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
36.6years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Bolivia?
3,404 people in Bolivia are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 27.1 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the South and Central America average of 160.6 per 100,000 and lower than the global average of 115.5. Bolivia has the 125th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 17th-largest of the 20 countries in the IDF South and Central America region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Bolivia, another 76 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Bolivia?
The number of people living with T1D in Bolivia went from 733 in 2000 to 3,404 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 5,883 by 2040 (+73%).
| Year | Living with T1D | New diagnoses | Deaths | Missing people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 733 | 98 | 57 | 1,158 |
| 2010 | 1,495 | 156 | 63 | 1,570 |
| 2020 | 2,712 | 233 | 123 | 2,149 |
| 2025 | 3,404 | 279 | 120 | 2,585 |
| 2030 (projected) | 4,267 | 362 | 178 | 3,167 |
| 2040 (projected) | 5,883 | 389 | 233 | 4,811 |
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Bolivia?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Bolivia today is expected to live to 36.6, compared with 72.1 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 35.5 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 40.9 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 15.5 years.
| Level of care | Healthy years restored | Healthy years of life | Healthy years still lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current level of care | – | 31.3 | 40.9 |
| + Timely diagnosis for everyone | +2.5 | 33.8 | 38.4 |
| + Insulin and test strips for everyone | +15.5 | 49.3 | 22.8 |
| + Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone | +7.4 | 56.7 | 15.5 |
How does Bolivia compare?
| 2025 | Bolivia | South and Central America | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| People living with T1D per 100,000 | 27.1 | 160.6 | 115.5 |
| New diagnoses per 100,000 | 2.2 | 9.0 | 6.2 |
| Missing people per 100 living with T1D | 75.9 | 45.8 | 43.0 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D | 36.6 | 52.4 | 51.3 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population | 72.1 | 77.7 | 77.0 |
Type 1 diabetes in other South and Central America countries
- Paraguay6,219 living with T1D
- Nicaragua5,436 living with T1D
- El Salvador5,396 living with T1D
- Costa Rica4,956 living with T1D
- Panama4,100 living with T1D
- Uruguay3,229 living with T1D
- Puerto Rico2,798 living with T1D
- French Guiana288 living with T1D
More data
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.